Leonard B. Pick, 88, Lismore, died Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was the father of Leon Pick, Luverne.
Services were Friday, May 24, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. The Revs. Andrew Beerman and Gerald Kosse, Roxanne Lisnak, and Deacon Fred Reker officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Leonard Pick was born to Joseph and Elizabeth (Reker) Pick on July 9, 1913, in Granville, Iowa. He attended school at St. Kilian.
He married Arlene Kettler Fath on Feb. 16, 1942, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. After their marriage the couple farmed north of Lismore. In February 1948 they moved west of Lismore where they farmed until retiring in 1975. They continued to live on the farm until moving to Lismore.
Mr. Pick was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore and a charter member of St. Anthony Knights of Columbus for 46 years. He was a 4-H leader for 16 years, a former mayor of Lismore, a manager of the Lismore Park for the past 12 years and a member of Lismore Senior Citizens. He enjoyed bullhead fishing, playing pinochle and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene Pick, Lismore; two sons, Leon (Mary) Pick, Luverne, and Duane (Jana) Pick, Edgerton; three grandchildren, Dan (Diane) Pick, Luverne, Julie (Craig) Becker, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Jackie Pick, Luverne, Two great-grandchildren, Thomas and Sydney Becker, Sioux Falls; four stepgrandchildren, Alissa (Eric) Petterson, Madison, S.D., Chris Ailts, Sioux Falls, Rob (Holli) Arp, Lake Benton, and Jodi (Jason) Bosch, Hills; four stepgreat-grandchildren, Cole and Gracie Bosch and Nick and Kayla Arp; and one brother, Raphael (Margaret) Pick, Kenneth.
Mr. Pick was preceded in death by is parents, seven brothers, Michael, Arnold, Frank "Ernest," Isadore, Urban, Angus and Joseph Jr., and four sisters, Cecilia Eleanora, Lucy and Mildred.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements